Thank you for the glimpse of Belinda's farm. That donkey was hilarious! Please let Belinda know that we appreciate seeing her and her farm too. Better Together sounds like a great idea. I wish you both much success!
Dr. Sandi. Every farmer eventually gets a pharmacopoeia of drugs approved by their vet - with instructions on how to do routine care, and even stronger instructions on when to call for help and what to do then. So guys- please don't give her a hard time for doing what she's been taught to do. Farmers wear so many hats! And my hat's off to you miss Sandi - you are doing awesome work! Love the "Better Together" brand and what you all are experimenting with - good luck on that one!
If you took every lamb or ewe to the vet for every sneeze or owie you wouldn’t be able to sustain yourself as a farmer! We learn to care for our animals so we can save money and be able to administer care much faster than if a vet needed to be involved for everything. Livestock vets are amazing - they save lives and really don’t want to see the animals for everything! They expect us to be able to care for our animals with their advice but not always their hands on treatment. Keep doing what you are doing! Thank you for showing tough situations where you know you will get negative feedback from those not used to what goes in to owning livestock. It’s always nice to watch someone who can speak intelligently on the ins and outs of livestock farming! Thank you!
The attention you gave your ewe with mastitis brought tears to my eyes. For that moment, she was the only sheep in the barn and you were going to make sure she knew she'd be taken care of....
Sandi, Those Black Clouds are a normal Florida every day thunder storm clouds for us. Since we are into our rainy season down here, We have those kind of Storms almost every day, Some are just lite and some are very intense with Serve Thunder Storm Warnings and Tornadoes. We have seen it rain up over 6 inches with one Thunder Storm, Roads flooded, ditches overflowing and with in a few hours, You never knew it had down poured. That is Florida.
Sandi I googled BETTER TOGETHER there are a ton of different businesses with that name. You need to legally register your name. You might need to put like Better Together Meats inc or something like that. Can’t wait good luck. Love logo!!!💕👍🐑🐮
We have a farm local to where I am in Scotland who are doing meat boxes; and fruit and veg boxes just now during our lockdown. It’s great as we just pay over the phone, then park up in their car park and they come out and put the stuff in the boot (trunk). Has proven really popular since it’s limited contact; saves folks time going to supermarkets, and also supports our local farmers.
I absolutely love how you can see just ho much you care and love for your animals. The fact that you took time to sit with her for a moment after giving the antibiotic warms my heart.
I used to board my horse, and the next pen over was the retired West Point mule Hannibal. Love to hear them bray. When he’d break out no tack room was safe. Great memories. Love your collaboration with Belinda.
I am so stoked for you and Belinda!!! I LOVE the name! Amy would be so proud! I hope that you will let us Americans buy your box too! My husband is already asking for your box for Dads Day! So much love and excitement for you and Belinda! Kristin, Oklahoma 💗💗💗
We've been watching your channel for a while now, and when you take us to see how others raise their floks,,,,hands down you take the crown on orginization and cleanliness! !! Great job,,,
I always wished I lived on a ranch raising herds of animals and wheat. Never happened. So I am living my dream through you with the animals and with Mark with the grain. Never miss either or your videos. So I thank you. By the way, I am 78 years old.
So excited for You and Belinda. Better Together is a Great Name for You 2's Adventure! So happy for you both. Your like Sisters and Compliment each other. Sorry to see you have 2 sick Ewes but I'm Confident you can heal them. Didn't realize Jess Graduated this Year. Congratulations Jess! Peace Be With You All ☮️
As I am watching the video you are lucky there is only 24 hours in a day and now the great idea you and Blinda working on the Father Days meat box, I understand why you have little time to sleep. Yet with all this going on this busyness is who you are. Sitting and doing nothing is not who you are. Enjoy the video's greating. Stay safe stay healthy.
I hope your two girls feel better soon and the baby with the broken leg continues to heal quickly. Thanks for showing us all your hard work, it shows that you really care about the animals and how they are raised. 😁🙏🤗
As a farmer you must have many jobs. You are a vet, midwife, weatherman, hoof trimmer, nutritionalist, builder and many other jobs. They key to being a successful farmer is to love your animals and give them the best possible care with the knowledge that you have at the time. There is always room to learn more.
Sandi, I have an idea for your Garden. Prop one or two of the bad gates up for your cucumber plants to climb. They will be much easier to harvest and take up lesss space too. Nice idea for the gift boxes / meat boxes. If the idea works out, you would have a good market in the US as well as Canada. People are still getting their food shopping done online as much as possible, so having farm raised meat sent to your door would be nice, I think. :)
Mother of 5 whom nursed all five, my heart goes out to the ewe with mastitis. Sick/injured animals happen, take each day as they come. Blessings as you move forward. :)
Love the donkey bray! It's so great to have a visit with Sandi and Belinda. Better Together is a great name! Wonderful idea. Blessing for health for the ewe with mastitis, ewe with sore foot and lamb's leg. God bless Sandi and Mark and family.
Do you have any of that belly wool left from sheering? It's pretty easy to extract the lanolin from sheepswool for use on cracked teats (Lanolin is the active ingredient in most moisturizers, including the prescription creams prescribed to human women with the same problem). It's basically just boiling and straining. There's tutorials online.
Sandi Brock would love to see if this works, sounds interesting. Also very cool that your able to take wool from a sheep and help the sheep with a byproduct from the wool!
Please tell your friend, Belinda, that her donkey braying reminds me of our neighbors that had a donkey when I was little. Being originally from the city, that braying scared me a bit the first few times I heard it. But now in life it is a cherished sound along with sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and most of all horses and cows.
I wonder if that spray-on stuff could help with the feeders- the stuff that cheesy commercial shows being sprayed on a screen door that they make a boat out of. I can't remember what it's called, but it's like a spray-on rubber coating. Might be good to spray the bottom of the feeders with, so that they don't get any moisture against the metal on the bottom.
I'm in hospital at the moment with mastitas and it's horrid. I feel her pain. Love the meat box idea, can't wait for the June lambs! Keep up the great work
You are so gentle and loving to your sheep and lambs. I love the way you talk to them. Keep up the good job. Congrats to you and Belinda for your idea for Father's day gifts. God bless you from Michigan
Hey Sandi, we have seen you have great success with fixing lambs broken legs! This “one” may need extra help because that break was so high up but you are a pro with broken legs 99.9 % of the time. That’s why you didn’t call a Vet and don’t let others change your mind about that. Loved seeing your gifts this time. If you lived in the USA you would have to a gift opening day each week. I follow other farms that get so many gifts that Sunday Morning are gift opening day. So happy Jess got Graduation gifts. Sorry she didn’t get to walk on Graduation!!
Sandi, I learned how to cast a fracture like you did. In medical school and residency, procedures are taught very quickly. Regarding the learning of such procedures, whether it be delivering a baby, starting an arterial line or inserting a chest tube, the mantra is : 1). See one 2) Do one 3). Teach one. So you’re fine, my dear.
Good morning. Maybe for your feeders, you can buy vehicle undercoating in a spray can. It dries to a hard plastic shell, and easily to apply, , just spray it on and let dry. Available at auto supply stores.Might help the bottoms last longer. Great story today, as all days.💐💐
I love to send packages, but as much as I love ya Sandi... oh LORD the shipping to Canada is a nightmare, lol. I sent my mom a tiny little 3.5lb box a while back and it cost me $40!! YEeeeeeeesssh. You'll just have to accept my love over the interwebs for now!
All the best for your collaborative venture sounds like a great idea. So much better to give a practical gift than yet another tie or soap on a rope.a bbq for fathers day sounds great.
Really love the “Better Together” idea! Hope it works out because I’m rather local and my dad is a retired dairy farmer, so it would be amazing for him! :) good luck ladies!!!
Meat gift boxes - what a good (tasting) idea! Hope it works well for you. And everyone else involved in the supply stream. Local, local, local. Love your videos Sandi as well as Mark's. You bring a smile to my heart. And that donkey - pure laughter!
Love this idea for fathers day. Sandi i live in kitchener Ontario Canada and would love to buy a box off you. Ill meet you closer to your house if im too far away. Would love to support you and if you both have a great first run with these boxes and continue to do it i would sign up to be a monthly buyer or however you may do it. This is awsome i hope everything goes well. Take care sandi see you next video like always.
Used a product for udders that helped with mastitis if caught early. Called UdderMint,, came from New Zealand. Also good for swollen udders. I had dairy cows, but think it would work well for sheep also.
Hey Sandi, Thanks for sharing. Here is what I would do with the feeder: 1. Turn it over and cut all the rusted parts out. 2. Weld a new bottom on to it, cut away every thing that has rust on . 3. Paint the whole thing with 2 coats of primer and a nice top coat or two that is safe for animals. Go over all the welds with a steel brush, Zinc paint over the welds. Rust spreads like a cancer. I would not wrap the leg, I would clean it and spray it with antibiotic spray and give her an NSAID For 3-5 days. the wound is better left out in the open air, will heal quicker. The crook is my best friend. As for the welds: I keep a few extra gates around to replace while I fix the broken ones. I would not use that mesh, alittle larger so hooves don't get caught. We do not use Mesh fences at all, too fragile for sheep to our taste, we use steel pipes welded in sort of rung fashion, sort of like your wood gates. As for the hinges: it's a good idea to drill through the wall and have the bolts go right through with a bracket on the other side of the wall. Sheep tend to rub, but, push in to gates and stuff. Hope this helps. Thanks again for sharing. Good luck.
Long term re the meat boxes maybe think about some cheese, wine, relish, barbecue sauce, fresh vegetables, chocolate if you can source these things locally.
That's a great idea for Father's Day!! I am so glad you two have each other to work thru pain with. Girlfriends are lifesavers and have the best shoulders to lean on
Sandi, substitute a roll of wire for the twine . I've always called it mechanics wire or black wire . I cut twice as much length as I need and double it . Just twist the ends where you'd have a knot . A simple pair of side cutters will get it off if needed but if you can undo it it's reusable .
I would pop rivet a section of round galvanized duct pipe like you use for HVAC to repair your feeder. It's already round, comes split, and is rustproof. Cheap fix. Don't know if the zinc used in the galvanizing process would be a factor though. Great Channel. I really enjoy it.
Anyone that Says or Thinks you Don’t Care about your Lambs and Ewes are Absolutely Clueless. 👍 It would be Difficult to Anyone that gives them the same amount of Love and Attention. You are doing Exactly what you should be doing in Life because you’re a Born Natural at it. 👏👏👏
I had to rewind to stop your vid on the logo - it went by in a flash! I LOVE it! Your cartoons actually look like you two. What a wonderful, creative idea, too. Better Together could not be more perfect. Once I discovered your vlog I feel like a pen pal who never writes back, but you keep writing to me. I enjoy getting to know you and your family and learning while I do it. That isn't weird is it? You have an interesting life. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Hi Sandi...love your channel...and love your sheep...especially the babies...with all the letters and gifts you get...I would love to see you make a scrapbook...that way you can go through it when you have retired...also it will good for your children and grandchildren ( when you have them ) lol...that way they can see what their grandparents did in the good days and how hard work can get you in life...
What I read said that ORF can infect their hooves, as well, if they have any open wounds. Hope keeping the ewe's foot wrapped prevents that. I wish you & Belinda great success with Better Together. Love that you're sourcing everything locally.
Sandi, I look forward to seeing you. Totally enjoying the down to Earth presentation of your farm life. Love your surprises. Thanks so much for sharing. You have become such an inspiration for so many people.
You two are so beautiful. Please dont think I'm a freak or something. Let me explain,..you both have been through so much and there is a look about a woman that has been hurt veiled by a confidence that no man should push. I would hate to be the guy that backed you two in a corner at the same time. The lord protects her with a strength no man will know.
Hi again Sandi A miscellaneous kind of day! Soo excited about your possible business venture! Diversity is such a great thing especially when a person has a quality product which you do! Nothing ventured nothing gained it's said which is true. Yes challenging and sometimes very difficult to business with friends or family but if you go into it with a good understanding and a plan all should be good and rewarding for you both. Hoping for the very best for you two! Thx as always for sharing...
Dr.Sandi on the call again!!! This is just another reason why we love watching your videos. You can usually diagnose and treat your sheep yourself, and you do a spectacular job at it!! You're so great at what you do. Thanks for this video today. I was wondering what you and Belinda had scheming, and your idea is AWESOME!!! I love fresh beef and sheep meat!!! My days are complete with Sandi and her Sheep!!
Can't beat a bit of baler twine to bodge up a rusty gate. The old baler twine round the leg routine, you caught them in time, hope that recovers ok. Keep up the good work👍.
You can cut out the old metal and weld a new piece in. You might be able to clean and sand the current metal and get some fiberglass kid and bondo fiberglass resin kit from an auto parts store. Its a little messy but it would be really smooth for the feed. Cutting it out and welding it is the best option and welding a new sheet is the best.
Hello Sandi, great business idea, let us know when you can ship to the US. It was so much fun listening to the donkey bring me back memories. Stay safe keep taken care your ewes. You are awesome big Hi to Belinda..
The high School near a friend of mine had drive through graduation... Parents drove in and the students got out of the car, wearing a mask and walked up to a stage and got their dipomas. The stage was right to the side of the cars so the student's parents could take pictures from their car...
What a great idea! I bet the to do list never ends! Poor momma ewe, my last baby who is now 3 I got blocked ducts and it was terrible feel the mommas pain for sure! Love your channel have a great weekend!
I love what you do Sandi! I hope to own a goat dairy farm just like yours!!! You are so good at taking care of your sheep and you are always willing to change and i love that. Keep being you!
Re the lamb with the broken leg. Many humans take time to regain strength and movement as well as control of broken limbs so there is hope for the lamb. We also need to remember the lamb is growing and may have had a muscle, ligament or tendon pinched or compressed. I wonder if dome massage in the upper leg would help?
Tim from Canada if you have a barn full of Lambs and you were having a hard time finding one then the best thing to do is use a coloured spray paint on their back and one mark on each side so you can find it until you can figure out what you want to do with it.. use a colour that does not correlate with what you have already been using you as an odd colour with each lamb you are using this way you can keep track of them because in the pen everyone looks the same same with the colour paint use a different colour or a design that works
You need to cover the hoof so what you need to do is put a small tab in the front of the foot then go around it so it stays in place do it again and continue up to leg you want it to be where hay and gunk can't get stuck in the hoof and it will stay clean and don't rap it too tight you can ask your vet if you think I'm wrong but they are going to tell you the same thing.
Sandi - Thank you for yet another great video!!! I'm looking forward to your collaboration with Belinda!! I'll be waiting for more details, like: - contents - cost - will you be able to ship to the US You take such good care of all your animals!! I truly hope those ewes make a full recovery. One thing you could do, which would help to keep your rams safe in the pasture across the road......a donkey! I'm not sure what it is exactly about donkeys but the are a type of livestock guardian. Maybe borrow Belinda's for a test run?? Another collaboration!! Lol. The donkey would protect your rams from coyotes. I cannot wait to see that project, start to finish, getting everything ready for the rams moving across the road. Best of luck always, Sandi!!! Please keep up the great work, both with the animals and the videos!! Thank you!!
Thank you for the glimpse of Belinda's farm. That donkey was hilarious! Please let Belinda know that we appreciate seeing her and her farm too. Better Together sounds like a great idea. I wish you both much success!
Dr. Sandi. Every farmer eventually gets a pharmacopoeia of drugs approved by their vet - with instructions on how to do routine care, and even stronger instructions on when to call for help and what to do then. So guys- please don't give her a hard time for doing what she's been taught to do. Farmers wear so many hats!
And my hat's off to you miss Sandi - you are doing awesome work! Love the "Better Together" brand and what you all are experimenting with - good luck on that one!
thanks so much Julie!!
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My pleasure.
How WONDERFUL!!❤💞💗🦄🤷♀️
"Better together" has also a connection to your idea of local commitments
Don't throw out those fences just yet. They will survive as bean and peas trellis for the garden.
If you took every lamb or ewe to the vet for every sneeze or owie you wouldn’t be able to sustain yourself as a farmer! We learn to care for our animals so we can save money and be able to administer care much faster than if a vet needed to be involved for everything. Livestock vets are amazing - they save lives and really don’t want to see the animals for everything! They expect us to be able to care for our animals with their advice but not always their hands on treatment. Keep doing what you are doing! Thank you for showing tough situations where you know you will get negative feedback from those not used to what goes in to owning livestock. It’s always nice to watch someone who can speak intelligently on the ins and outs of livestock farming! Thank you!
I'm so happy that you didn't say "dude" after you said knarly! LOL! 😆
The attention you gave your ewe with mastitis brought tears to my eyes. For that moment, she was the only sheep in the barn and you were going to make sure she knew she'd be taken care of....
Sandi, Those Black Clouds are a normal Florida every day thunder storm clouds for us. Since we are into our rainy season down here, We have those kind of Storms almost every day, Some are just lite and some are very intense with Serve Thunder Storm Warnings and Tornadoes. We have seen it rain up over 6 inches with one Thunder Storm, Roads flooded, ditches overflowing and with in a few hours, You never knew it had down poured. That is Florida.
Sandi I googled BETTER TOGETHER there are a ton of different businesses with that name. You need to legally register your name. You might need to put like Better Together Meats inc or something like that. Can’t wait good luck. Love logo!!!💕👍🐑🐮
We have a farm local to where I am in Scotland who are doing meat boxes; and fruit and veg boxes just now during our lockdown. It’s great as we just pay over the phone, then park up in their car park and they come out and put the stuff in the boot (trunk). Has proven really popular since it’s limited contact; saves folks time going to supermarkets, and also supports our local farmers.
I love the fact that you show the good side and the bad side. It's real and it shows the struggle. And can I just say the donkey made my day❤
The donkey was the best!
I absolutely love how you can see just ho much you care and love for your animals. The fact that you took time to sit with her for a moment after giving the antibiotic warms my heart.
Unfortunately... when a sheep is sick, its the only time I can actually sit with them... So, I try to make sure I do when I can...
I used to board my horse, and the next pen over was the retired West Point mule Hannibal. Love to hear them bray. When he’d break out no tack room was safe. Great memories. Love your collaboration with Belinda.
I am so stoked for you and Belinda!!! I LOVE the name! Amy would be so proud! I hope that you will let us Americans buy your box too! My husband is already asking for your box for Dads Day! So much love and excitement for you and Belinda! Kristin, Oklahoma 💗💗💗
We've been watching your channel for a while now, and when you take us to see how others raise their floks,,,,hands down you take the crown on orginization and cleanliness! !! Great job,,,
I always wished I lived on a ranch raising herds of animals and wheat. Never happened. So I am living my dream through you with the animals and with Mark with the grain. Never miss either or your videos.
So I thank you. By the way, I am 78 years old.
So excited for You and Belinda. Better Together is a Great Name for You 2's Adventure! So happy for you both. Your like Sisters and Compliment each other. Sorry to see you have 2 sick Ewes but I'm Confident you can heal them. Didn't realize Jess Graduated this Year. Congratulations Jess! Peace Be With You All ☮️
Olive oil will work as an udder rub in a pinch. Very soothing.
Better together....sounds perfect 👍
As I am watching the video you are lucky there is only 24 hours in a day and now the great idea you and Blinda working on the Father Days meat box, I understand why you have little time to sleep. Yet with all this going on this busyness is who you are. Sitting and doing nothing is not who you are. Enjoy the video's greating. Stay safe stay healthy.
I hope your two girls feel better soon and the baby with the broken leg continues to heal quickly. Thanks for showing us all your hard work, it shows that you really care about the animals and how they are raised. 😁🙏🤗
Love the donkey talking! Glad to see Belinda’s set up.
Mark's aloe vera will cool and sooth the inflamed udder. Congrats on the "Better Together" project!!!
Need too watch out aloe can be toxic too animals.
As a farmer you must have many jobs. You are a vet, midwife, weatherman, hoof trimmer, nutritionalist, builder and many other jobs. They key to being a successful farmer is to love your animals and give them the best possible care with the knowledge that you have at the time. There is always room to learn more.
Sandi, I have an idea for your Garden. Prop one or two of the bad gates up for your cucumber plants to climb. They will be much easier to harvest and take up lesss space too. Nice idea for the gift boxes / meat boxes. If the idea works out, you would have a good market in the US as well as Canada. People are still getting their food shopping done online as much as possible, so having farm raised meat sent to your door would be nice, I think. :)
Love the focus on local - excellent initiative ❣️
Kelsey is a real artist, worth framing!
Mother of 5 whom nursed all five, my heart goes out to the ewe with mastitis. Sick/injured animals happen, take each day as they come. Blessings as you move forward. :)
Love the donkey bray! It's so great to have a visit with Sandi and Belinda. Better Together is a great name! Wonderful idea. Blessing for health for the ewe with mastitis, ewe with sore foot and lamb's leg. God bless Sandi and Mark and family.
Do you have any of that belly wool left from sheering? It's pretty easy to extract the lanolin from sheepswool for use on cracked teats (Lanolin is the active ingredient in most moisturizers, including the prescription creams prescribed to human women with the same problem). It's basically just boiling and straining. There's tutorials online.
I do!!! I'm totally trying that!
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Doesn’t trying to express the milk help sheep? That’s what I was told to do while I was breastfeeding. Feel so bad for her, I know I was miserable!
Sandi Brock would love to see if this works, sounds interesting. Also very cool that your able to take wool from a sheep and help the sheep with a byproduct from the wool!
Just told my husband we used lanolin from sheep when we breastfed. From New Zealand.
Wow, I didn’t realize until yesterday how much Ms. Belinda looks like the singer, Jewel’s long lost twin!!! She’s Beautiful (& so are you!)
Please tell your friend, Belinda, that her donkey braying reminds me of our neighbors that had a donkey when I was little. Being originally from the city, that braying scared me a bit the first few times I heard it. But now in life it is a cherished sound along with sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and most of all horses and cows.
I wonder if that spray-on stuff could help with the feeders- the stuff that cheesy commercial shows being sprayed on a screen door that they make a boat out of. I can't remember what it's called, but it's like a spray-on rubber coating. Might be good to spray the bottom of the feeders with, so that they don't get any moisture against the metal on the bottom.
I'm in hospital at the moment with mastitas and it's horrid. I feel her pain. Love the meat box idea, can't wait for the June lambs! Keep up the great work
You are so gentle and loving to your sheep and lambs. I love the way you talk to them. Keep up the good job. Congrats to you and Belinda for your idea for Father's day gifts. God bless you from Michigan
My hubby is emailing you about a meat box. We live about an hour from you folks and want to support!
Hey Sandi, we have seen you have great success with fixing lambs broken legs! This “one” may need extra help because that break was so high up but you are a pro with broken legs 99.9 % of the time. That’s why you didn’t call a Vet and don’t let others change your mind about that. Loved seeing your gifts this time. If you lived in the USA you would have to a gift opening day each week. I follow other farms that get so many gifts that Sunday Morning are gift opening day. So happy Jess got Graduation gifts. Sorry she didn’t get to walk on Graduation!!
"Better Together" is a great name! Excited for your venture, and hope it goes super! :) Thanks for another awesome video, Sandi!
Rain and thunderstorm all the lambs are sweet looking, but there are some that are extra adorable. You know like double adorable.
I wish you and Belinda the absolute best in Better Together, it is an awesome project xoxo You are both so amazing and resilient ❤❤❤❤
Sandi, I learned how to cast a fracture like you did. In medical school and residency, procedures are taught very quickly. Regarding the learning of such procedures, whether it be delivering a baby, starting an arterial line or inserting a chest tube, the mantra is : 1). See one 2) Do one 3). Teach one. So you’re fine, my dear.
Good morning. Maybe for your feeders, you can buy vehicle undercoating in a spray can. It dries to a hard plastic shell, and easily to apply, , just spray it on and let dry. Available at auto supply stores.Might help the bottoms last longer. Great story today, as all days.💐💐
that's an amazing idea!!!
I love to send packages, but as much as I love ya Sandi... oh LORD the shipping to Canada is a nightmare, lol. I sent my mom a tiny little 3.5lb box a while back and it cost me $40!! YEeeeeeeesssh. You'll just have to accept my love over the interwebs for now!
All the best for your collaborative venture sounds like a great idea. So much better to give a practical gift than yet another tie or soap on a rope.a bbq for fathers day sounds great.
If you ship I'll totally buy from yall! I love supporting small businesses!!
Love that you a Belinda are teaming up to create local boxes. Great idea!
Really love the “Better Together” idea! Hope it works out because I’m rather local and my dad is a retired dairy farmer, so it would be amazing for him! :) good luck ladies!!!
Migraines and joints stiffening all day since 230 am (west coast) due to heavy storms rolling in and out. This is EXACTLY what i needed
The donkey was happy to see you and just wanted a cuddle, they have feelings 😍
Meat gift boxes - what a good (tasting) idea! Hope it works well for you. And everyone else involved in the supply stream. Local, local, local.
Love your videos Sandi as well as Mark's. You bring a smile to my heart. And that donkey - pure laughter!
Ouch!! Poor momma, lanolin is best for cracked tears!!
Love this idea for fathers day. Sandi i live in kitchener Ontario Canada and would love to buy a box off you. Ill meet you closer to your house if im too far away. Would love to support you and if you both have a great first run with these boxes and continue to do it i would sign up to be a monthly buyer or however you may do it. This is awsome i hope everything goes well. Take care sandi see you next video like always.
Used a product for udders that helped with mastitis if caught early. Called UdderMint,, came from New Zealand. Also good for swollen udders. I had dairy cows, but think it would work well for sheep also.
You see, you are a worthy human. And so you are rewarded. I think your lamb is favoring for pain, not quite healed yet
4:12 the lamb is bopping its head to the donkey braying 🤣🐑🐴🐄
Sounds like the little lamb has a frozen joint. Hope the vet will be able to help. Good luck on repairing the corroded feeder.
I wish I lived closer. I'd love to stop by to see you and your sheep, help with a few chores and see where it all happens!
Better together is an excellent idea. Diversify, localise, and collaborate will help keep you strong.
Hey Sandi,
Thanks for sharing.
Here is what I would do with the feeder:
1. Turn it over and cut all the rusted parts out.
2. Weld a new bottom on to it, cut away every thing that has rust on .
3. Paint the whole thing with 2 coats of primer and a nice top coat or two that is safe for animals.
Go over all the welds with a steel brush, Zinc paint over the welds. Rust spreads like a cancer.
I would not wrap the leg, I would clean it and spray it with antibiotic spray and give her an NSAID For 3-5 days. the wound is better left out in the open air, will heal quicker.
The crook is my best friend.
As for the welds:
I keep a few extra gates around to replace while I fix the broken ones.
I would not use that mesh, alittle larger so hooves don't get caught. We do not use Mesh fences at all, too fragile for sheep to our taste, we use steel pipes welded in sort of rung fashion, sort of like your wood gates.
As for the hinges: it's a good idea to drill through the wall and have the bolts go right through with a bracket on the other side of the wall. Sheep tend to rub, but, push in to gates and stuff.
Hope this helps.
Thanks again for sharing.
Good luck.
Long term re the meat boxes maybe think about some cheese, wine, relish, barbecue sauce, fresh vegetables, chocolate if you can source these things locally.
I love you channel! I grew up on a dairy farm and my relatives next door raised sheep. Brings me happy memories to watch you!
That's a great idea for Father's Day!! I am so glad you two have each other to work thru pain with.
Girlfriends are lifesavers and have the best shoulders to lean on
Sandi, substitute a roll of wire for the twine . I've always called it mechanics wire or black wire . I cut twice as much length as I need and double it . Just twist the ends where you'd have a knot . A simple pair of side cutters will get it off if needed but if you can undo it it's reusable .
I would pop rivet a section of round galvanized duct pipe like you use for HVAC to repair your feeder. It's already round, comes split, and is rustproof. Cheap fix. Don't know if the zinc used in the galvanizing process would be a factor though. Great Channel. I really enjoy it.
Zinc is usually needed as a supplement so it likely wouldn't be an issue.
Be careful if you weld that metal. It emits a poisonous gas. Use plenty of air flow or use rivets instead.
I love your compassion for your animals!
Anyone that Says or Thinks you Don’t Care about your Lambs and Ewes are Absolutely Clueless. 👍 It would be Difficult to Anyone that gives them the same amount of Love and Attention. You are doing Exactly what you should be doing in Life because you’re a Born Natural at it. 👏👏👏
Daß ist schön von dir zu hören ich habe mich gefreut das du dich gemeldet hast♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
I had to rewind to stop your vid on the logo - it went by in a flash! I LOVE it! Your cartoons actually look like you two. What a wonderful, creative idea, too. Better Together could not be more perfect. Once I discovered your vlog I feel like a pen pal who never writes back, but you keep writing to me. I enjoy getting to know you and your family and learning while I do it. That isn't weird is it? You have an interesting life. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Hi Sandi...love your channel...and love your sheep...especially the babies...with all the letters and gifts you get...I would love to see you make a scrapbook...that way you can go through it when you have retired...also it will good for your children and grandchildren ( when you have them ) lol...that way they can see what their grandparents did in the good days and how hard work can get you in life...
What I read said that ORF can infect their hooves, as well, if they have any open wounds. Hope keeping the ewe's foot wrapped prevents that. I wish you & Belinda great success with Better Together. Love that you're sourcing everything locally.
Sandi, I look forward to seeing you. Totally enjoying the down to Earth presentation of your farm life. Love your surprises. Thanks so much for sharing. You have become such an inspiration for so many people.
That's really sweet! Thanks Regina!
Dang it! I really wanted to order a Father's Day box but I live on the gulf coast of Mississippi ... congrats on the new adventure with your friend💖
You two are so beautiful. Please dont think I'm a freak or something. Let me explain,..you both have been through so much and there is a look about a woman that has been hurt veiled by a confidence that no man should push. I would hate to be the guy that backed you two in a corner at the same time. The lord protects her with a strength no man will know.
I love your new business idea with your new business partnership with your friend!
So excited to order your merch next week!!! Love the podcast! Way to go Sandi!
Hi again Sandi
A miscellaneous kind of day! Soo excited about your possible business venture! Diversity is such a great thing especially when a person has a quality product which you do! Nothing ventured nothing gained it's said which is true. Yes challenging and sometimes very difficult to business with friends or family but if you go into it with a good understanding and a plan all should be good and rewarding for you both. Hoping for the very best for you two!
Thx as always for sharing...
Best of luck with your new adventure Sandi and Belinda.
Dr.Sandi on the call again!!! This is just another reason why we love watching your videos. You can usually diagnose and treat your sheep yourself, and you do a spectacular job at it!! You're so great at what you do. Thanks for this video today. I was wondering what you and Belinda had scheming, and your idea is AWESOME!!! I love fresh beef and sheep meat!!!
My days are complete with Sandi and her Sheep!!
Thanks Cindy!
Can't beat a bit of baler twine to bodge up a rusty gate. The old baler twine round the leg routine, you caught them in time, hope that recovers ok. Keep up the good work👍.
Yes! I knew it, lol. A Belinda collab! Fabulous idea ladies!
You can cut out the old metal and weld a new piece in. You might be able to clean and sand the current metal and get some fiberglass kid and bondo fiberglass resin kit from an auto parts store. Its a little messy but it would be really smooth for the feed. Cutting it out and welding it is the best option and welding a new sheet is the best.
Hello Sandi, great business idea, let us know when you can ship to the US. It was so much fun listening to the donkey bring me back memories. Stay safe keep taken care your ewes. You are awesome big Hi to Belinda..
Yay for new things!! Good Luck Sandi. And yay for chickens and eggs, maybe you need some ;)
Love donkeys! Grew up with a herd of 12 and they all are so sweet yet have such different personalities.
The high School near a friend of mine had drive through graduation... Parents drove in and the students got out of the car, wearing a mask and walked up to a stage and got their dipomas. The stage was right to the side of the cars so the student's parents could take pictures from their car...
What a great idea! I bet the to do list never ends! Poor momma ewe, my last baby who is now 3 I got blocked ducts and it was terrible feel the mommas pain for sure! Love your channel have a great weekend!
I love what you do Sandi! I hope to own a goat dairy farm just like yours!!! You are so good at taking care of your sheep and you are always willing to change and i love that. Keep being you!
Thanks so much!!!
Re the lamb with the broken leg. Many humans take time to regain strength and movement as well as control of broken limbs so there is hope for the lamb. We also need to remember the lamb is growing and may have had a muscle, ligament or tendon pinched or compressed. I wonder if dome massage in the upper leg would help?
Hey Brock Family!👋 Good luck on u and Belinda's new adventure! 😆❤👍
Tim from Canada if you have a barn full of Lambs and you were having a hard time finding one then the best thing to do is use a coloured spray paint on their back and one mark on each side so you can find it until you can figure out what you want to do with it.. use a colour that does not correlate with what you have already been using you as an odd colour with each lamb you are using this way you can keep track of them because in the pen everyone looks the same same with the colour paint use a different colour or a design that works
Great video once again, can't wait for th e logo with you and Belinda!!!!
The donkey was hilariously vocal and of course the nose blow. 😂
Wow neat... best of luck with your gift box for Father's day...
You need to cover the hoof so what you need to do is put a small tab in the front of the foot then go around it so it stays in place do it again and continue up to leg you want it to be where hay and gunk can't get stuck in the hoof and it will stay clean and don't rap it too tight you can ask your vet if you think I'm wrong but they are going to tell you the same thing.
Great video Sandi. Hard working Lady.
Awesome video Sandi and your guest Belinda 😉 lol yal stay safe ! Daniel from central Mississippi
Sandi -
Thank you for yet another great video!!!
I'm looking forward to your collaboration with Belinda!! I'll be waiting for more details, like:
- contents
- cost
- will you be able to ship to the US
You take such good care of all your animals!! I truly hope those ewes make a full recovery.
One thing you could do, which would help to keep your rams safe in the pasture across the road......a donkey! I'm not sure what it is exactly about donkeys but the are a type of livestock guardian. Maybe borrow Belinda's for a test run?? Another collaboration!! Lol. The donkey would protect your rams from coyotes. I cannot wait to see that project, start to finish, getting everything ready for the rams moving across the road.
Best of luck always, Sandi!!! Please keep up the great work, both with the animals and the videos!! Thank you!!
thats a great idea! I wonder if Belinda would part with Clyde!
@@SandiBrock would be worth checking out. If nothing else, maybe you could borrow Clyde before you bought one of your own??
I caught it right away for once! Love your videos Sandi
Thanks for being here!
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Omg I would love better together boxes!!!!!